Erwin Schrödinger

Erwin Schrödinger
Born	Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger (1887-08-12)12 August 1887 Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Died	4 January 1961(1961-01-04) (aged 73) Vienna, Austria
Citizenship	Austria Ireland (from 1948)
Nationality	Austrian
Fields	Physics
Institutions	University of Breslau University of Zürich Frederick William University Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin University of Oxford University of Graz Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies Ghent University
Alma mater	University of Vienna
Doctoral advisor	Friedrich Hasenöhrl
Other academic advisors	Franz S. Exner
Notable students	Linus Pauling Felix Bloch Brendan Scaife
Known for	Schrödinger equation Schrödinger's cat Schrödinger method Schrödinger functional Schrödinger group Schrödinger picture Schrödinger field Rayleigh-Schrödinger perturbation Schrödinger logics Schrödinger's pure-affine theory Coherent states Energy level Entropy and life Interpretations of quantum mechanics Qualia Quantum biology Quantum superposition Cat state
Notable awards	Matteucci Medal (1927) Nobel Prize in Physics (1933) Max Planck Medal (1937)
Spouse	Annemarie Bertel (1920–61)
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Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger (German: [ˈɛɐ̯viːn ˈʃʁøːdɪŋɐ]; 12 August 1887 – 4 January 1961), sometimes written as Erwin Schrodinger or Erwin Schroedinger, was a Nobel Prize-winning Austrian physicist who developed a number of fundamental results in the field of quantum theory, which formed the basis of wave mechanics: he formulated the wave equation (stationary and time-dependent Schrödinger equation) and revealed the identity of his development of the formalism and matrix mechanics. Schrödinger proposed an original interpretation of the physical meaning of the wave function.

In addition, he was the author of many works in various fields of physics: statistical mechanics and thermodynamics, physics of dielectrics, colour theory, electrodynamics, general relativity, and cosmology, and he made several attempts to construct a unified field theory. In his book What Is Life? Schrödinger addressed the problems of genetics, looking at the phenomenon of life from the point of view of physics. He paid great attention to the philosophical aspects of science, ancient and oriental philosophical concepts, ethics, and religion. He also wrote on philosophy and theoretical biology. He is also known for his "Schrödinger's cat" thought-experiment.

On 12 August 1887, Schrödinger was born in Erdberg (), Vienna, Austria, to Rudolf Schrödinger () ( producer, botanist) and Georgine Emilia Brenda Schrödinger (née Bauer) (daughter of Alexander Bauer (), Professor of Chemistry, Technische Hochschule Vienna). He was their only child.

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